We’re 15 this year. Actually our first posts were just before Christmas in 2009 – when Wanstead still had a Thresher’s and didn’t yet have a Tesco’s.
In honour of this landmark, we have done exactly what Tesco’s itself did in its recent refit, ie we’ve been closed for a couple of weeks, and have stripped everything down to its constituent parts, only to rebuild it as an exact replica of what was there before, so much so that it will be difficult for even the most loyal customer to spot a difference.
Actually there are two differences. We’ve had enough of Twitter X and so will no longer be posting any of our links there. And as of this morning we’ve had enough of Facebook too, so you won’t find Wansteadium there either.
You will find us instead on Bluesky, a Musk/Zuck-free network where you will be able to find a starter pack of accounts of Wanstead people and organisations at this address: https://go.bsky.app/48VN9Ej.
It’s the kind of place you will see posts like this, which is just charming.
Very pleased to have photographed an Otter today along the River Roding at Wanstead. Even just a few years ago I thought it wouldn’t be possible to witness this on a London river!
— Tony Brown (@thecowboybirder.bsky.social) Nov 30, 2024 at 14:27
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But on this anniversary a word of thanks to our readers old and new. Here’s to the next 15 years, though we’re not sure if that’s something to look forward to or not.